Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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